At the Throttle

There is one barometer that I use to see if the railroad is doing its job, and that is how shiny are the rails? I’m glad to report that we have kept the rails very shiny. It

Labor Day weekend in Ely, Nevada is dedicated to Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, a celebration of getting there from here. The activities start on Saturday, September 4th at 9:30 a.m. when the Ghost Train of Old Ely,

Well it has already happened, we have already received the first requests for the 2005 schedule. I know I shouldn’t be surprised but I am. Here we are in the mist of our busiest season ever and

It is amazing to me at least how history repeats itself. We all get comfortable in believing that something is new. It was never been done before, we’re the first. Then after little research you usually find

There is an old expression, “You can’t see the forest because all of those trees are in the way.” To a certain extent, we all suffer from this affliction. We get so involved with our day-to-day activities

When you think of the Nevada Northern Railway Museum most people equate it with the passenger excursions that we offer. We advertise ourselves as the best-preserved rail facility left in America. And there is another group of

In previous columns I have discussed the reachable past of the Nevada Northern Railway Museum. There is a piece of that past that I would like to share with you. In the machine shop mounted on the

I was standing in front of the East Ely Depot on Sunday morning and it had already been a hectic morning. I had just come off a caboose hop with a film location crew. It was 10:55

One of the presenters at the Long Steel Rails Festival is John West. John is a supporter of the Nevada Northern Railway and has been coming to Ely for years to photograph the railroad. His presentation is